PhD: Climate Epidemiology for Heat Resilience

University of Bern; Bern; Hybrid; CHF 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International environment

Enrolment in OCCR & Graduate School

Career development courses

Salary according to pay scales

Job summary

University of Bern offers a PhD project exploring how community-based interventions can reduce heat vulnerability in the Canton of Bern. The candidate will co-design, implement, and evaluate locally relevant interventions in collaboration with cantonal stakeholders responsible for heat action plans.

The role is embedded in the Climate Science Graduate School of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research.

Qualifications

• MSc degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental Sciences, Climate Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Policy, or a closely related field (ECTS 120-90).
• Very good oral and written English and German communication skills.
• Experience in conducting stakeholder interviews and focus-group discussions is advantageous.
• Experience with R or similar programming language is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Interact closely with researchers of the OCCR Climate, Cities, and Health Cluster and the hosting team.
• Design stakeholder engagement and intervention co-creation activities.
• Contribute to design and evaluation of heat-related health interventions with the team and local communities.
• Assist with third-party funding applications with the supervisory team.
• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data.
• Participate in co-creation workshops with relevant stakeholders.
• Present work at national and international conferences and in journals.
• Participate in teaching activities of the team.

Skills

Stakeholder interviews

Focus groups

Data analysis

Interdisciplinary teamwork

English proficiency

German proficiency

Education

MSc in Epidemiology

Tools

R programming

Statistical software

Job description

University of Bern offers a PhD project exploring how community-based interventions can reduce heat vulnerability in the Canton of Bern. The candidate will co-design, implement, and evaluate locally relevant interventions in collaboration with cantonal stakeholders responsible for heat action plans.

The role is embedded in the Climate Science Graduate School of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research.